Joe Niekro

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: November 7, 1944 in Martins Ferry, OH us

Died: October 27, 2006 in Tampa, FL

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1966 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV) and the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV).

High School: Bridgeport HS (Bridgeport, OH)

School: West Liberty University (West Liberty, WV)

Debut: April 16, 1967 (Age 22-160d, 12,568th in major league history)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 29, 1988 (Age 43-174d)
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Agents: Bruce Church

Full Name: Joseph Franklin Niekro

Pronunciation: \KNEE-kro\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Brother of Phil Niekro; Father of Lance Niekro

+12

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.7

221

204

ERA

3.59

702

500

3584.1

1747

WHIP

1.319

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 7-20 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 9

1974 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1974 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	219	61	Jun 15	ATL		STL	W,7-1	8-GF		99	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.58	5	3	0	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.26	0.028	.28	0.02%	2.03	8t 123 1 out a6	9t end a 6
2	220	62	Jun 16	ATL		STL	L,3-6	9-GF		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.58	3	0	2	0	1	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	-0.026	.39	-0.02%	-0.45	9t 123 1 out d2	9t end d 4
3	221	69	Jun 23(2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,1-2	11-GF(12)	L(0-1)	6	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.70	5.88	4	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.243	3.18	-0.25%	-0.54	11b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
4	222	72	Jun 26	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-5	8-8		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.08	4.19	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	0.100	6.17	0.13%	0.44	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
5	223	74	Jun 28(1)	ATL		CIN	L,5-6	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.42	3.84	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.050	.69	0.03%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	224	79	Jul 2	ATL		HOU	L,1-5	6-6		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	3.48	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.012	.26	0.00%	0.43	6t 12- 2 out d4	6t 3 out d4
7	225	80	Jul 3	ATL		HOU	W,5-4	7-9	BS(1)	0	1.2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.24	4.74	7	1	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.26	-0.223	.92	-0.05%	-0.63	7t 12- 1 out a2	9t --- 0 out tie
8	226	81	Jul 4	ATL		HOU	L,3-4	8-8	BS(2)	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.15	6.15	3	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	-0.453	1.25	-0.13%	-2.04	8t 12- 0 out a2	8t 1-- 1 out d1
9	227	84	Jul 6	ATL	@	CHC	W,3-2	7-8	BS(3)	1	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.38	5.77	8	3	4	2	1	0		3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.31	0.123	.84	0.02%	0.78	7b 123 0 out a2	8b 3 out tie
10	228	89	Jul 12(1)	ATL	@	STL	W,7-3	7-8	W(1-1)	5	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.00	5.74	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.049	.29	-0.01%	0.05	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 1 out a2
11	229	90	Jul 12(2)	ATL	@	STL	L,0-10	6-7		-1	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.57	5.44	9	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.92	6b --- 0 out d9	7b 3 out d9
12	230	93	Jul 15	ATL		CHC	L,3-7	8-9	L(1-2)	2	1.1	0	3	2	3	1	0	0	3.52	5.64	7	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	-0.113	.73	-0.02%	-0.59	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 123 1 out tie
13	231	94	Jul 16	ATL		CHC	L,2-7	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.12	5.06	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
14	232	98	Jul 20	ATL		PIT	L,6-7	9-10		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	4.80	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.266	.18	0.02%	0.96	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
15	233	99	Jul 21	ATL		PIT	L,2-6	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.66	4.64	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
16	234	103	Jul 29	ATL		LAD	L,2-10	5-6		7	1.2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.27	4.58	9	1	2	0	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	.31	-0.104	.06	-0.01%	-2.63	5t 12- 1 out d3	6t 3 out d7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	235	108	Aug 4(2)	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-5	1-5		5	4.2	5	1	1	2	3	1	1	3.04	4.83	21	5	5	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.074	.01	0.00%	1.60	1b -2- 1 out d3	5b 3 out d4
18	236	111	Aug 7	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-6	GS-4		2	4.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	1	3.52	4.44	18	6	3	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.184	.02	0.00%	-1.25	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
19	237	115	Aug 11	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-1		3	0.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.35	4.51	6	1	0	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.312	.05	-0.01%	-3.90	1b start tie	1b -23 1 out d3
20	238	121	Aug 19	ATL		STL	W,11-6	3-4	W(2-2)	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.13	4.35	5	1	3	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.023	.04	0.00%	0.65	3t 1-3 1 out d4	4t 3 out d3
21	239	129	Aug 27	ATL	@	MON	L,1-6	5-6		7	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.15	4.60	8	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.018	.05	0.00%	-0.03	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
22	240	133	Aug 31	ATL	@	NYM	L,5-6	5-5		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	4.54	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.011	.01	0.00%	0.46	5b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	241	140	Sep 7	ATL		SFG	L,0-6	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.93	4.49	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
24	242	146	Sep 12(2)	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-6	4-6		4	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.69	4.27	7	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.012	.00	0.00%	1.01	4b --- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
25	243	156	Sep 23	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		10	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	4.18	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
26	244	158	Sep 25	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-2	5-6	W(3-2)	1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.43	4.08	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.88	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
27	245	159	Sep 28(1)	ATL		HOU	L,0-5	9-GF		2	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.56	4.04	5	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.10	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-1.52	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
							7-20		W-L:3-2,BSv:3	2.8	43.0	36	19	17	18	31	5	2	3.56	4.04	178	1.09		6%	3%	33	37	20	45%	3	0	0	152	5	0	2	6	2	0	.96	-0.963	.43	-0.28%	-0.07

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Niekro Pages

Joe Niekro Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Joe Niekro Pages at Baseball Reference